Global Markets: Macron calls federal election

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – French President Emmanuel Macron announced a snap federal election on Sunday after the far-right made gains in European Parliament elections. The National Rally party received 32 per cent of the vote in France, as one of […] Read more


Global Markets: Unemployment rates inch up in Canada, U.S.

Canada adds 27,000 jobs, U.S. up 272,000

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada reported on Friday that unemployment in May nudged up 0.01 of a point to 6.2 per cent despite the economy adding 27,000 jobs. StatCan noted part-time positions increase 62,000 […] Read more

Global Markets: Israeli school strike kills dozens

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   An Israeli strike on a Gazan school providing shelter for displaced Palestinians killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to reports. The Israeli military said Hamas militants were […] Read more


Global Markets: Biden announces asylum ban

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday instituting a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S./Mexico border. Illegal migrants could be deported or turned back to Mexico, […] Read more



Global Markets: Russia close to declaring emergency

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarrmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Russia is reportedly close to declaring a nationwide emergency after frost caused crop damage in May, the country’s agriculture minister Oksana Lut was quoted as saying in the country’s state-run news agency […] Read more

Global Markets: Jury says Trump guilty

Some Trump supporters calling for riots and violent retribution

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Former United States President Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts pertaining to falsifying documents to cover up hush-money paid to ex-porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump, the presumptive […] Read more


Global Markets: Second Aramco offering in the works

2019 IPO pulled in US$29.4 billion

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Saudi Arabia could announce a landmark secondary share offering in the oil giant Aramco on Thursday, according to Reuters. The launch of the latest offering into the one of the world’s […] Read more

Global Markets: China’s economy to grow, but slower

IMF says five per cent in 2024

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   China’s economy, the second largest in the world, is set to expand by five per cent in 2024, according to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday. That’s up from the IMF’s […] Read more